2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Florida

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Materials Engineering is the 150th most popular major in the country with 3,485 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $63,129 and had an average of $23,918 in loans still to pay off.

Across Florida, there were 212 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,100 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent materials engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the materials engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Florida.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Florida

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$94,408 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Florida. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 45 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at UF

#2

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Florida list. University of Central Florida is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 9 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Florida Materials Engineering Report

#3

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 19 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full USF Tampa Materials Engineering Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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